With a new preface by the author, the four plays in this selection of Athol Fugard's best work are set among the people and in the place he knows most intimately - Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Each explores a close and tense family situation or relationship against the background of wider suffering and tensions, engaging our sympathies for South Africans of all races in their struggle to retain dignity and hope.
With a new preface by the author, the four plays in this selection of Athol Fugard's best work are set among the people and in the place he knows most intimately - Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Each explores a close and tense family situation or relationship against the background of wider suffering and tensions, engaging our sympathies for South Africans of all races in their struggle to retain dignity and hope.
Athol Fugard was brought up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and was educated there and at Cape Town University. He now spends time in both South Africa and the USA.
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* Preface Introduction Master Harold and The Boys Blood Knot Hello and Goodbye Boesman and Lena Notes Glossary.